Herbal Garden

Action: 
Nourishes kidney liver and blood, moisturize intestines and aid bowel movement

Indication: 
Constipation due to kidney and liver deficiency

Original Name: Dan Shen Pian / 丹参片

Action:
Promotes Qi and blood circulation, removes blood stagnation

Indication:
Blood stagnation problems

Key Symptoms and Signs for Use:
Chest distress, angina pectoris, palpitations
Disperse Blood Stagnation pain in body.
Fixed pain in body.
Poor circulation in the extremities
Tongue: Purple, or brown spots
Pulse: Rough

Original Name: Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan / 附子理中丸

Action:
Warms Yang and expels cold, nourishes Qi and strengthens spleen

Indication:
Deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach

Key Symptoms and Signs for Use:
Cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen
Watery diarrhea
Do not have desire for drink
Pale tongue with whitish and over moistured coating
Slow and weak pulse

Expel Uterus Stagnation - Original Name: Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan / 桂枝茯苓丸

Action: 
Moves blood, removes blood stasis, resolves mass

Indication: 
Blood stasis in uterus 

Exterior Damp Enteritis - Original Name: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi / 霍香正气

Action: 
Expels external wind cold, removes damp, harmonizes stomach and intestine

Indication: 
Acute attack of external wind cold and damp with vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain

Original Name: Jia Zhuang Tong / 甲狀通

Actions:
Tonifies the Liver and Kidney, nourishes Qi, Yin, Yang, moves blood, clears heat, resolves phlegm Unblocks the secretion of thyroid hormones in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis (HPA axis), detoxifies the thyroid gland, improves immune defence, promotes overall bodily functions

Indications:
Excess or deficient thyroid conditions

Original Name: Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan / 金匮肾气丸

Action:
Tonifies kidney Yang

Indication: Kidney Yang deficiency

Key Symptoms and Signs for Use:
Aching and lassitude in lower back and legs
Cold feeling in the lower part of the body
Abnormal urination
Decreased libido, impotence
Tongue: Pale corpulence, white coating.
Pulse: Deep thready slow.

Eye Tonic - Original Name: Ming Mu Di Huang Wan / 明目地黄丸

Action: 
Nourishes kidneys and liver Yin, refreshes the eyes

Indication: 
Blurred vision caused by kidney and liver Yin deficiency

Nourish Eyes - Original Name: Qi Ju Di Huang Wan / 杞菊地黃丸

Actions: 
Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin and refreshes the eyes

Indications:
Blurred vision caused by Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency

Original Name: Sanqi  / 三七

Actions:
Removes blood stagnation, reduces swelling, relieves pain, stops bleeding

Indications:
Soft tissue injuries, bleeding, fractures

Key symptoms and signs for use:
Muscle and tendon injuries
External injuries with bruising
Fractures that have been set
Inflammation, swelling
Bleeding
Pain
 

Clinical application for reference:
Soft tissue injuries

Original Name: Shen Ling Bai Zhu San / 参苓白术散

Action: Tonifies Qi, strengthens spleen, and removes dampness

Indication: Qi deficiency and damp retention

Key Symptoms and Signs for Use:
Poor appetite, chronic diarrhea, feeling of nausea
Sallow complexion, tiredness
Feeling of heaviness and lassitude of limbs
Tongue: White greasy coating
Pulse: Thready, soft or deficiency

Original Name: Shou Wu Pian / 首乌片

Action:
Strengthens liver and kidney, nourishes essence

Indication:
Kidney and liver essence deficiency

Key Symptoms and Signs for Use:
Alopecia, hair loss
Early appearance of white or grey hair and beard
Poor memory
Lassitude in back and legs
Tongue: Pale
Pulse: Deficiency

Clinical Application for Reference:
Alopecia
Hair loss
Thin or premature graying of hair
High cholesterol

Original Name: Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan / 天王補心丸

Actions:
Nourish Yin and blood, tonify Heart and Kidney, calm the shen

Indications:
Heart and Kidney deficiency, Yin and blood deficiency patterns of insomnia and anxiety

Stomach Tonic: Xiang Sha Yang Wei Wan /香砂养胃丸

Action: 
Nourishes stomach and smoothes stomach Qi

Indication: 
Stomach Qi deficiency and stagnation

Merry Life Formula - Original Name: Xiao Yao San / 逍遥丸

Action: 
Smoothes liver Qi, nourishes liver blood,
Strengthens spleen

Indication: 
Liver Qi stagnation, liver blood deficiency, and spleen deficiency

Exterior Heat - Original Name: Yin Qiao Wan / 银翘丸

Action: 
Expels external wind heat and toxic heat, clears sore throat

Indication: 
Wind heat pattern of influenza syndrome
Acute tonsillitis

Tonic Defensive Qi - Original Name: Yu Ping Feng San / 玉屏风散

Action: 
Consolidates Wei Qi and stop spontaneous sweating

Indication: 
Wei Qi deficiency and easy susceptible to cold